Rumblings xtra: Items that didn't make print edition

By: Bob Hunter

The Columbus Dispatch - November 23, 2012 09:35 AM

Carson Palmer was a little more direct with the Oakland news media than with the
Cincinnati media about why he decided to leave the Bengals this week, but the Raiders quarterback
still offered few details.

“I think that anybody that's ever played for that ownership knows what I was doing and why I
was doing it,” Palmer said, as reported by the San Jose Mercury-News.

With Oakland visiting Cincinnati, this is an obvious story line. The Bengals got a first-round
draft pick in 2012 and a conditional selection that turned out to be a second-round pick in 2013
after Palmer refused to play for them.

“Just a culmination of things," Palmer told the Cincinnati media.. “Some things that I had
learned that ownership -- just some things that built up over time, and it was just time for a
change.”

With the Raiders at 3-7 this year, Palmer still says that he has "no regrets."

Nick Swisher, the former Yankees slugger and Ohio State player who has entered
free agency, is receiving interest from the rival Red Sox according to the New York Post.

"He is on their radar," a person with knowledge of the situation told the newspaper.

Swisher, 32, batted .272 with 24 homers and 93 RBIs, his most in his four years as a Yankee,
last season and has value as a switch-hitter who can play a corner spot in the outfield and
infield. An industry source told the newspaper that Swisher could get a four-year deal for $60
million. Because the Yankees are locked into a $189 million payroll for the 2014 season, they
aren't interested in signing him for more than one year.

Being named the starting quarterback of the 1-9 Kansas City Chiefs may not seem
like much of a prize, but Brady Quinn disputes that. The Dublin native and former Browns first
round draft pick told reporters after he relieved Matt Cassel at halftime of the team’s 28-6 loss
to the Bengals last Sunday that he appreciates the opportunity.

“Look, I feel like I’m one of the most privileged people in the world,’’ Quinn said. “I’m very
blessed to have the opportunity to do what I do. (Playing in) the National Football League is a
dream, really. It’s not only changed my life, it’s changed my family’s life forever.

“I don’t care what team you’re on or what your record is, it’s without a doubt the best job
you could ever have. I don’t care what the circumstances may sound like or look like to everyone
else. I love what I do, and I love the game of football and I also will love being under center and
going back there and slinging the ball around.’’

The Chiefs haven’t scored more than 16 points in a game since September.